Well, most of you know by now that we did indeed pull an "all nighter" on the Friday before Brooklands, 21 hours continuous... but get him there we did, but he was back in the workshop for finishing off on Monday, and he came home yesterday just in time for Malvern Mini Show tomorrow.

Here are some more pics of the progress....

Elf in a bag! Ready for undersealing...

Sprucing up the engine bay...

After a darn good clean and touch up here and there. (Cheers for the bulkhead soundproofing Al, and yes I did eventually manage to tuck it behind the air filter! )

Engine bay from passenger side...

Up on stilts from the front, complete with nice new quarter grille courtesy of SJ and Al, cheers!

And finally, up on stilts from the rear

So that's it!!!!

Jobs left to do....New wipersRe-seal the front and rear windows when I can find some that fit!!Somehow attach the chrome trim around the door frames...Find some better seatbelts...Affix the boot badges..paint the undersealed sills and inner arches to match the body colour...Finish restoring my old dash and remove the temporary one...Fit cigarette lighter...Source a door switch for the Interior light...Fit new parcel shelf when it arrives...Fit a nice wood rim steering wheel...and finally, find a Riley logo for the middle of the gear knob!

Brilliant job on the resto! Makes me want to tear out my interior and redo it.These folks can do the gear shift knob medallion: www.classiccapsule.comThey can also do some nice Riley wheel center badges for your slot mags if you haven't done them already.

You may recall way back you gave me their details and I got the centres done for my wheels. I will go back to them for the gear shift decal.

Thanks again for your compliments on the job, and to you also Robin. Makes it all worth while. I have to say that although the back seats look great, they are not that comfortable as they are original seats recovered, but the front seats are new repro Mk2 Mini seats (recliners with head rest - had to go for comfort after my accident unfortunately) and they are really comfortable.

The only downside is that my knees now knock the original steering wheel, which I never wanted to change, but today my better half bought me a new wood rimmed mota lita steering wheel. Can't wait to put it on now!

Ah, I didn't realise that - just promised my boy that if he's with me for the England matches I will watch them with him... gotta be a pub with a big screen within staggering distance of Norman Park - Al, please advise....